Message from the County Legislative Chair. Welcome to Schenectady County - a great place to work, live and raise a family. Schenectady County has a proud history of blazing new trails of discovery. We were the home of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz who changed the world with their innovation.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Suffrage(noun) a vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. Suffrage(noun) testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
Confidence votes 1.7K. Reader, knitter, genealogist, photographer, animal-lover and perpetual student. Suffrage is the right to vote gained through the democratic process. This can also be called political franchise, or just plain franchise.Suffrage is often used in terms of elections or representatives, but it can also apply to initiatives and referenda.t is considered a constitutional right. Note that in all of this, though, the Constitution never explicitly ensures the right to vote, as it does the right to speech, for exa â¦ mple.